Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy found a shot on Flickr of a Master Chief created from… canned vegetables. (He’s even got a stickydoom plastered to the side of his head, courtesy of Gatorade and some backlighting.) My question is… which of those guys first held a can of creamed corn in his (or her) hand and thought… hmm,…

jdars sent us word of a Wallpaper he’d created, and posted at DeviantART – it’s Bungie-focused, but pretty Halo-related.(Louis Wu 10:35:00 UTC)

americanista123 has created a third ‘Bungie Employees’ Killtage’ – this one consists of double-kills, though there are plenty of bigger multikills. (In case anyone hadn’t figured out how these are made – he’s been snagging clips from employees’ fileshares and working with those.) Nice editing, and fun clips! Thanks, urk. (Don’t worry about being watched…

BlueNinja took the latest trailer for the new Star Trek movie, and added Halo graphics to the trailer soundtrack. Watch them in sequence for maximum effect. Nice work!(Louis Wu 21:48:23 UTC)

kilaM0Mjaro let us know that tomorrow, in honor of the ‘7’ in ’17’, PraetoriaGuard is hosting a ‘Halo 3 on the 7s’ event – join in, play Halo for fun, and for a few gamers, there’s a chance to win some of kilaM0Mjaro’s homemade fudge! (Having received a batch of this in the past, I…

It’s Monday, so it’s time for a new Tag and Release at Bungie.net – this week, the tag is ‘Ascetic’. Cool armor, cool pics! Go find more.(Louis Wu 18:28:41 UTC)

Halocharts.com continues their Campaign Challenge series – now up: Floodgate. It’s like Tyrant’s Mythic Challenge, but a little easier (and only one level at a time). Check the page for full details, and check Bungie.net for background on the Challenge!(Louis Wu 17:27:56 UTC)

Bryan Simon hosted a farewell concert this weekend on Ustream this weekend – if you missed it, it’ll be up eventually for rebroadcast. In the meantime, though, Bryan’s posted an encore/thank you song, saying goodbye and offering shoutouts to friends and inspirations. We’ve made it available in mp3 format (3.1 mb), if you’d rather listen…

Cody Miller stopped in this morning to announce a truly impressive speed run – a segmented full game run of Halo 2 on Legendary, in just over an hour and a half. That’s… pretty ridiculous, if you ask me. Check out his post for an explanation of what a ‘segmented speedrun’ is all about -…

The Interactive portion of SXSW (The South by Southwest Music and Media Conference) kicked off this weekend in Austin… and the boys from the 405th were there to celebrate. Swing by and see some funny pics! Thanks, Adam.(Louis Wu 13:23:23 UTC)

Monday’s comic roundup:The Catfish stopped in Saturday with word of 2501 Episode 27 (Under The Dark Forest).Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 160 (Beware the Ides of March).TTL Demag0gue stopped by this morning with word of Reclaimer 166 (Arrival).Light update!(Louis Wu 13:22:16 UTC)

Looks like Halo 3 has been relabeled as a ‘Classic’ title; according to this story at MCV (in the UK), it’s been officially dropped to £19.99 there, and a quick glance at retailers in the US show that its retail price here is in the $35-40 range, as well. Not bargain-bin prices… but definitely cheaper!(Louis…

The Halo Wars website has kicked off a Developers Blog (interesting, since the developers have been disbanded), and the first entry is an article about Halo Wars ranks and skill levels. Give it a read! Thanks to Planet Halo for the heads-up. Update: There’s also some entertaining reading over at Graeme Devine’s personal blog -…

I’ve never really been a fan of screenshot montages; it never seemed like the right medium for that sort of content. Maybe that’s just because I never saw one done in a way that really caught my imagination. MLG Slush sent word that he’d finished a screenshot montage called ‘Beautiful’, and I must say… it’s…

Kral, from Halo.fr, let us know about the first episode of WTF (What the French), a sort of Halo 3 Fails for French players. (Failure is universal, it seems; you might not understand the titles, but the gameplay is pretty straightforward.) (Louis Wu 16:39:08 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found what is probably the wrongest custom action figure… evar. Seriously.(Louis Wu 15:10:22 UTC)

The Halo 3 Fails series continues – I’m not sure if they specifically picked some bad luck examples for this thirteenth episode… but many of the ‘Fails’ are really just awful luck. (Some are totally legitimate failures – the Rat’s Nest splatter attempt(s) made me laugh a lot.) Thanks once again to Chris10023 for the…

StrengthInFaith wasn’t happy that the Halo Bible site set up last year died… so he’s started over. The concept is that only information that’s been confirmed as canon will be collected – and all information will be referenced. This is only as good as the community can make it – so if you want it…

urk highlighted a couple of ‘marble mazes’ yesterday – been more than a year since we saw one of these!(Louis Wu 15:06:28 UTC)

We’re a little later than we’d planned – but the winner in the HBO: Legendereh contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Boltstriker – Domino picked him at random from the nearly 2500 entries we got. And thanks, Domino! Because of you, all the Legendary-required playlists just got bigger pools!(Louis Wu 20:50:56 UTC)